Month: February 2016

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Manx government at the time we signed up to protocol 3 of the Treaty of Rome (i.e. the European Community) in 1972 said we were getting the ‘best of both worlds’ we were neither in nor out.

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Any one who follows our CL News releases will see that we have a degree of scepticism about the wave of military hysteria that seems to be sweeping our country. First of all back in the spring we

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Bong! Right on cue ‘the Daily Bell’ rings out from Manx Radio with the latest utterance from the ‘dear leader’ about what ‘a brave new world’ its going to be now Freedom of Information (FOI) has arrived. Allan

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Casting my eye over the IOM Post range of philatelic offerings there are ‘Battles of Britain’ and ‘Waterloo’ not to mention the ‘Somme’. The Queen of course pops up and so does Winston Churchill. Even the birth of

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Our focus on Sophia Morrison last year and the recent wreath laying as part of Mec Vannin’s commemorations of significant figures in Manx political and cultural life encouraged Cristl Jerry of Mec Vannin to undertake some research on

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE When the Queen of England paid a State visit to Ireland five years ago great emphasis was placed on the fact that the two States indeed all the British Isles people are ‘more than neighbours’ Here’s a snatch

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE While Tynwald witter over the future of the horse trams and ruminate over the propriety of running the ‘Santa train’ next year the great Manx energy rip-off continues. Manx consumers woes are further exacerbated this week by the